In July 1943, Wilder Penfield, an internationally renowned Canadian
neurosurgeon, led a high-profile group of Anglo-American surgeons in a
3-week tour of Soviet medical facilities and battlefield hospitals. This ...

On 6 January 2004, Tropical Cyclone Heta devastated much of the South Pacific island nation of Niue. The forest suffered extensive damage, particularly to the north-western sector, with many trees uprooted and others ...

This study describes the water quality characteristics of a
subtropical embayment that is markedly affected by the infiltration of cold,
nutrient-rich groundwater. The spatial, vertical, and tidal variations of ...

Concentrations of chlorophyll a (chl a), particulate carbon and
nitrogen (PC and PN, respectively), inorganic nutrients, and Secchi depths were
measured from October 1989 to June 1992 in Kane'ohe Bay, an embayment on
the ...

The stream macroalgal floras of two proximate, high-quality stream
valleys (Hanakapi'ai and Limahuli) located on the northern quadrant of the
Hawaiian island of Kaua'i were inventoried and compared on a watershed ...

On the New England Tablelands in Australia between 1950 and
1980 very many eucalypts declined and died. This dieback was strongly correlated
with a change in the pattern of rainfall. Starting from 1945, trees were ...

Gross morphology and weight characteristics are described for adrenal
glands in a population of the small Indian mongoose, Herpestes auropunctatus
(Hodgson). Mongoose adrenals are anatomically similar to those in the cat ...

Island biotas are viewed popularly as much more fragile than
those of mainland areas and much more prone to damage from invaders. There
are far too few data to assess this view thoroughly; for example, failed invasions
are ...

The worldwide distribution of Physalia physalis (L.) (the Portuguese
man-of-war), a wind-propelled jellyfish-like animal on sea-surface waters, is a much
discussed but poorly understood phenomenon. The radically different ...

Two of the five known specimens of the extinct Hawaiian bird
Ciridops anna (Dole, 1878) came to the Museum of Comparative Zoology with
a small collection of Hawaiian birds of unknown origin. Historical evidence is
marshaled ...

Qualitative and quantitative features are reported for stem wood
of 13 collections of 12 species of the Hawaiian genus Dubautia. Although the
species share a basic wood plan, quantitative expressions range widely, ...

Qualitative and quantitative features are reported for five Hawaiian
and one New Guinean species of Tetramolopium. Tetramolopium humile differs
from the other Hawaiian species in its numerous narrow vessels, numerous
...

Rarotonga is the largest (64 km2
) and by far the highest (652 m)
of the Cook Islands. The native coastal and lowland vegetation of this high
volcanic, tropical island has been either completely removed or heavily ...

Mangaia, the second largest (51.8 km2
) of the Cook Islands, has
a central, volcanic region with a maximum elevation of 169 m above sea level.
The igneous interior is surrounded by an extensive formation of elevated ...

Larvae were reared under various temperature conditions. Those
maintained at 15°C were unable to moult to the second instar although some individuals
lived as long as 35 days after hatching. At 20°C some individuals ...